Women are often considered guilty of “losing their identity” once they become a mother.
Friends lightheartedly complain that their once-lively social media feeds are now purely full of baby photos, or that conversation seems to only swing in the direction of sleep routines and exploding nappy anecdotes.
Exercise buddies or other hobby partners (correctly) quip “haven’t seen you in a while” and “miss you!”.
Talk of girls nights on the town are promised but never gotten around to.
And let’s not forget there are still many women who are considered to be less qualified for their previous career, simply because they now have a child.
It’s true, for many women it seems like once they have a baby that their whole life becomes about their child.
That’s because it does.
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